He is the Connecticut-based super-busy president and chief executive of the
rapidly growing Starwood Hotels & Resorts group — so when will Frits van
Paasschen find the time to be one of Barclays’ newest directors, a title
added to his portfolio yesterday?

In a recent interview Mr van Paasschen admitted waking at his home in the
United States at 5.30am each day before exercising for an hour on a spinning
bike, then starting work at 8am. That’s when he’s not travelling — he goes
on business trips 40 per cent of the time. And his downtime